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that's what allegedly happens with this defense contractor and former army officer. he is charged with passing nuclear secrets to his chinese girlfriend. here is cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: he is an army reservist with top secret clearance, doing contract work for contract command in ohio. benjamin bishop stands accused of leaking nuclear secrets, weapons, war plans, early warning radar systems. u.s. officials say he gave them to a chinese woman 32 years younger who he was having a relationship with. bishop was arrested and in is in custody. his attorney says this. >> served his country honorably for 29 years. maintains he would never do anything to intentionally harm the united states. >> reporter: is the woman a chinese spy? court documents identify her as person one. 27 years old. a chinese national. the documents say she met bishop at a defense conference and quote, may have been in the conference in order to target individuals like bishop that work with and have access to u.s. classified information regarding person one's purported interests. >> this is a hon
that's what allegedly happens with this defense contractor and former army officer. he is charged with passing nuclear secrets to his chinese girlfriend. here is cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: he is an army reservist with top secret clearance, doing contract work for contract command in ohio. benjamin bishop stands accused of leaking nuclear secrets, weapons, war plans, early warning radar systems. u.s. officials say he gave them to a chinese woman 32 years younger who he was having a...
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chris, just yesterday you and i were talking about this new defense pact between the u.s. and south korea in order to defer provocative threats from north korea. what are you learning today? >> here comes the latest escalation and it's one pentagon officials are telling us they are taking very seriously. their worry that this could lead to the kind of provocations that could, quote, take us to a place that neither side wants to go. north korea declared itself combat ready. pyongyang went beyond threats and put its rocket in long-range artillery forces at their highest combat alert. >> we will achieve nothing by these threats of provocations. >> reporter: north korea's military alert comes at a sensitive time. the three-year anniversary of the sinking. they say the north torpedoed its ship and killed 46 sailors. north korea directly threatened u.s. military bases in hawaii, the mainland, and guam. it doesn't have the capability to hit the u.s. but tens of thousands of american troops are in range deployed to bases in south korea, japan, the philippines, and guam. >> the u.s
chris, just yesterday you and i were talking about this new defense pact between the u.s. and south korea in order to defer provocative threats from north korea. what are you learning today? >> here comes the latest escalation and it's one pentagon officials are telling us they are taking very seriously. their worry that this could lead to the kind of provocations that could, quote, take us to a place that neither side wants to go. north korea declared itself combat ready. pyongyang went...
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that's what allegedly happened to this defense contractor and former army officer. he's charged with passing nuclear secrets to his chinese girlfriend. cnn's brian todd is here with this story. this is fascinating. >> it is, brianna. this also could be very damaging to u.s. national security. this man had access to some of america's most sensitive military secrets. he's accused of falling for what experts say is called a "honey trap." an army reservist who had top-secret clearance doing contract work for the pacific command in hawaii. benjamin bishop now stands accused of leaking military secrets, including information on nuclear weapons, war plans, early-warning radar systems. u.s. officials say he gave them to a chinese woman 32 years younger who he was having a relationship with. bishop is in custody. his attorney says this. >> he served his country honorably for 29 years. he maintains he would never do anything to intentionally harm the united states. >> reporter: is the woman a chinese spy? court documents identify her as person one, 27 years old, a chinese nat
that's what allegedly happened to this defense contractor and former army officer. he's charged with passing nuclear secrets to his chinese girlfriend. cnn's brian todd is here with this story. this is fascinating. >> it is, brianna. this also could be very damaging to u.s. national security. this man had access to some of america's most sensitive military secrets. he's accused of falling for what experts say is called a "honey trap." an army reservist who had top-secret...
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yet they still raised their defense level. that gives you some idea of just how high tensions are running right now. accusations are flying, after a cyber attack shut down several banks and tv broadcasters in south korea. >> very disruptive impact. >> reporter: computers crashed, and up popped warnings from a new hacker group, promising to be back soon. some south koreans are blaming the north. which just last week accused the u.s. and south korea of launching persistent computer virus attacks and promised revenge. >> if this comes from north korea, it was government sponsored. >> reporter: cyber analyst james lewis said pyongyang hasn't been nearly as active at cyber attacks as russia, china and iran. >> while it could indicate with the korean if it was them, was, yeah, they're moving up the chain. they're figure out how to do things. >> reporter: u.s. military commanders say this advice could be just as destructive as bullets and bombs. >> our homeland is not the sanctuary it once was. >> reporter: the pentagon is trying to
yet they still raised their defense level. that gives you some idea of just how high tensions are running right now. accusations are flying, after a cyber attack shut down several banks and tv broadcasters in south korea. >> very disruptive impact. >> reporter: computers crashed, and up popped warnings from a new hacker group, promising to be back soon. some south koreans are blaming the north. which just last week accused the u.s. and south korea of launching persistent computer...